Timeline of Scientific Experiments - 18th Century

18th Century

• 1747 – James Lind: Conducts one of the earliest European clinical trials, showing that scurvy was cured by consuming fresh oranges and lemons, but not other tested acids or drinks
• 1774 – Charles Mason: Conducts an experiment near the Scottish mountain of Schiehallion that attempts to measure the mean density of the Earth for the first time. Known as the Schiehallion experiment
• 1796 – Edward Jenner: tests the first vaccine
• 1798 – Henry Cavendish: Torsion bar experiment to measure the gravitational constant